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colonization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɔlənɪˈzɛjʃən/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English colonize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English colonization From colonize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of establishing a colony.
2. (countable, uncountable) The process of colonizing or taking over.

Forms

Deriveds

Cocacolonization · colonizationist · anticolonization · neocolonization · decolonization · monocolonization · pseudocolonization · colonizationism · biocolonization · cocolonization · hypercolonization · recolonization · colonizational · dyscolonization · endocolonization

Relateds

colonial · colonist · colony · colonialist · colonialism · anticolonialist · colonialistic · colonially · neocolonialist

Translations (73)

vi sự di dân (process of establishing a colony) · ca colonització (process of establishing a colony) · ky колонизация (process of establishing a colony) · cmn 殖民地化 (process of establishing a colony) · grc ἀποικισμός (process of establishing a colony) · bn উপনিবেশন (process of establishing a colony) · ka კოლონიზაცია (process of establishing a colony) · yi קאָלאָניזאַציע (process of establishing a colony) · de Kolonialisierung (process of establishing a colony) · fr colonisation (process of establishing a colony) · ru заселе́ние (process of establishing a colony) · uk колоніза́ція (process of establishing a colony) · tr müstemleke (process of establishing a colony) · nl kolonisatie (process of establishing a colony) · yo ìmúnisìn (process of establishing a colony) · vi sự chiếm làm thuộc địa (process of establishing a colony) · hi उपनिवेशन (process of establishing a colony) · tr sömürge (process of establishing a colony) · tr kolonizasyon (process of establishing a colony) · mi whakakoronitanga (process of establishing a colony) · sv kolonisation (process of establishing a colony) · sk kolonizácia (process of establishing a colony) · nb kolonisering (process of establishing a colony) · eo koloniigo (process of establishing a colony) · lt kolonizacija (process of establishing a colony) · hu gyarmatosítás (process of establishing a colony) · fi kolonisaatio (process of establishing a colony) · ar اِسْتِعْمَار (process of establishing a colony) · af kolonisasie (process of establishing a colony) · ast colonización (process of establishing a colony) · de Besiedlung (process of establishing a colony) · ja 植民地化 (process of establishing a colony) · es colonización (process of establishing a colony) · da kolonisering (process of establishing a colony) · sq kolonizim (process of establishing a colony) · bg колониза́ция (process of establishing a colony) · de Kolonisation (process of establishing a colony) · uz kolonizatsiya (process of establishing a colony) · th การตั้งอาณานิคม (process of establishing a colony) · sh kolonizácija (process of establishing a colony) · el αποικιοποίηση (process of establishing a colony) · pl kolonizacja (process of establishing a colony) · de Kolonisierung (process of establishing a colony) · km អាណានិគមកិច្ច (process of establishing a colony) · tr koloni (process of establishing a colony) · sv kolonisering (process of establishing a colony) · lv kolonizācija (process of establishing a colony) · hu kolonizáció (process of establishing a colony) · pt colonização (process of establishing a colony) · ko 식민지화 (process of establishing a colony) · sl kolonizacija (process of establishing a colony) · fa مستعمرهسازی (process of establishing a colony) · it colonizzazione (process of establishing a colony) · sh колониза́ција (process of establishing a colony) · kk елдендіру (process of establishing a colony) · aii ܫܘܼܥܡܵܪܵܐ (process of establishing a colony) · mi whakataiwhenuatanga (process of establishing a colony) · cs kolonizace (process of establishing a colony) · ro colonizare (process of establishing a colony) · gl colonización (process of establishing a colony) · th การทำให้เป็นอาณานิคม (process of establishing a colony) · az müstəmləkələşdirmə (process of establishing a colony) · et koloniseerimine (process of establishing a colony) · be каланіза́цыя (process of establishing a colony) · oc colonizacion (process of establishing a colony) · tl kolonisasyon (process of establishing a colony) · mk колонизација (process of establishing a colony) · yi קאָלאָניזירונג (process of establishing a colony) · af kolonisering (process of establishing a colony) · el αποικισμός (process of establishing a colony) · ru колониза́ция (process of establishing a colony) · hy գաղութացում (process of establishing a colony) · nb kolonisasjon (process of establishing a colony)